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Dogri vs Sinhalese


Sinhalese vs Dogri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Sri Lanka  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Jammu and Kashmir, India  
Sri Lanka  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not Available  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  

Interesting Facts
  • Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
  • Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
  
  • In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Punjabi Languages  
Maldivian Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Dogri-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
48  
28
54  
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
18  
15

How Many Consonants
36  
26
36  
26

Scripts
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script  
Sinhala alphabet  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Ke aal aee  
හලෝ (halō)  

Thank You
dhanwaad  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  

How Are You?
kiyaan oo ji  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  

Good Night
shub ratri  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  

Good Evening
shub ratri  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  

Good Morning
su prabat  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  

Please
kripya  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  

Sorry
mere kaulan galti ooyyii  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  

Bye
changa ji pher  
බායි (bāyi)  

I Love You
Minjo tere naal pyar hega  
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  

Excuse Me
gustakhi maaf  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jaunsari  
Vedda  

Where They Speak
Himachal Pradesh, India  
Sri Lanka  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Kullu  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
110,000.00  
35
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Hinduri  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
France, Himachal Pradesh, India  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
32
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million  
99+
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
2.00 million  
34

Native Name
डोगरी  
සිංහල (sĩhala)  

Alternative Names
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  

French Name
dogri  
singhalais  

German Name
Dogri  
Singhalesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Dogras  
Sinhalese people  

History

Origin
1971  
3  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Dogri  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
Not Available  
70  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
Not Available  
si  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
sin  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
sin  

ISO 639 3
doi  
sin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
indo1311  
sinh1246  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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Dogri and Sinhalese Language History

Comparison of Dogri vs Sinhalese language history gives us differences between origin of Dogri and Sinhalese language. History of Dogri language states that this language originated in 1971 whereas history of Sinhalese language states that this language originated in 3. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Dogri and Sinhalese Language History.

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Dogri and Sinhalese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Dogri and Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dogri and Sinhalese language. Dogri word for "Hello" is Ke aal aee or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Dogri Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Dogri vs Sinhalese Difficulty

The Dogri vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dogri Alphabets and Sinhalese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Dogri and Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dogri and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dogri is Not Available while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.

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